No Shit, Sherlock

Or should I say, Ted. Only in Dubya's America is stating the obvious considered controversial. Ted Koppel can no doubt expect a hailstorm of denunciations and invective for daring to say that the Chimperor is bare-ass naked.

Ted Koppel in 'NYT': Iraq for U.S. Is 'About the Oil'

NEW YORK In a surprisingly strong Op Ed on Friday, Ted Koppel, the former "NIghtline" host who is now an occasional columnist for The New York Times, argues that when it comes right down to it, the U.S. adventure in Iraq is, as some charge, "about the oil."

He likened the situation to H.L. Mencken's statement that when someone says something is "not about the money" it is indeed "about the money." The same is true in this case relating to oil.

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